PBKS Vs CSK: Priyansh Arya Smashes Half Century After Khaleel Ahmed Drops His Catch On Second Ball; Video

Punjab Kings opener Priyansh Aryan smashed maiden half century after being dropped by Khaleel Ahmed on the second ball of the first over. A fullish ball from the left arm pacer swung in a bit from leg-stump. Arya tried to flick it across but the bat turns on impact and he gets a leading edge. Khaleel leaps to his right on his follow-through and gets a hand to it but fails to latch onto the opportunity.

After being handed a lifeline the youngster reached half century of just 19 balls despite wickets falling like pack of cards at other end

Punjab Kings bat first after winning the toss

Punjab Kings skipper Shreyas Iyer in the toss and opted to bat first against Chennai Super kIngs. Both the teams remained unchanged for this match. At the time of writing, Punjab had already lost one wicket with prabhsimran SIngh was clean bowled by Mukesh Choudhary for a duck. At the time of writing Punjab had lost half of their side with 83 runs on board.

Punjab Kings, CSK playing XI

Punjab Kings (Playing XI): Priyansh Arya, Prabhsimran Singh(w), Shreyas Iyer(c), Shashank Singh, Marcus Stoinis, Nehal Wadhera, Glenn Maxwell, Marco Jansen, Arshdeep Singh, Lockie Ferguson, Yuzvendra Chahal

Punjab Kings Impact Subs: Suryansh Shedge, Yash Thakur, Praveen Dubey, Azmatullah Omarzai, Vyshak Vijaykumar

Chennai Super Kings (Playing XI): Rachin Ravindra, Devon Conway, Ruturaj Gaikwad(c), Vijay Shankar, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni(w), Ravichandran Ashwin, Noor Ahmad, Mukesh Choudhary, Khaleel Ahmed, Matheesha PathiranaChennai Super Kings Impact Subs: Shivam Dube, Jamie Overton, Rahul Tripathi, Deepak Hooda, Anshul Kamboj

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